Bug 132502

Summary: network module not loaded after first reboot of VNC installation
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0 Reporter: Christian Boltz <suse-beta>
Component: InstallationAssignee: Kay Sievers <kasievers>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: mvidner
Version: Final   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
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Found By: Other Services Priority:
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Attachments: content of /etc/sysconfig/hardware/ (as tar.gz)
Output of hwinfo --netcard
/var/lib/YaST2/install.inf (password changed)

Description Christian Boltz 2005-11-06 20:31:01 UTC
I installed (fresh installation, no update) a machine using VNC with the following boot parameters:
    vnc=1 vncpassword=secret usessh=1 sshpassword=secret
    install=nfs://10.12.80.30/media/cdrom

It worked fine until the first reboot (into the second stage of the installation) - but then it failed terribly: the kernel module for the network card was not loaded and I could not continue the installation.

As workaround, I added a modprobe command to boot.local and rebooted. With this trick, it worked.

You can find the y2logs at https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=56560
Comment 1 Martin Vidner 2005-11-11 15:29:25 UTC
So far I don't see any obvious cause in the logs.
Can you describe in what way and when it failed?

Please attach also /var/lib/YaST2/install.inf (there may be passwords, edit them out), the output of hwinfo --netcard, and a tarball of /etc/sysconfig/hardware.
http://www.opensuse.org/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#YaST
Comment 2 Christian Boltz 2005-11-13 15:44:15 UTC
> Can you describe in what way and when it failed?

As I described: After the very first reboot (into the second stage of 
installation), the kernel module for the network card (ne2k-pci IIRC) 
was not loaded.
Obviously I couldn't continue installation over the network ;-)

modprobe worked fine (both entered manually on a locally connected 
keyboard and after a reboot in boot.local), so I guess there is no 
problem with the kernel module itsself.

If you need more details, please ask more detailed ;-)

> Please attach [...]

The problematic machine isn't reachable for me at the moment, so this 
will take some time. I'll let this bug in needinfo state until I have 
the requested files.
Comment 3 Christian Boltz 2005-12-28 21:13:14 UTC
Created attachment 61802 [details]
content of /etc/sysconfig/hardware/ (as tar.gz)

Sorry for the long delay, but today was the first time I could reach the problematic machine.

Happy bughunting ;-)  and have a good New Year!
Comment 4 Christian Boltz 2005-12-28 21:14:07 UTC
Created attachment 61803 [details]
Output of hwinfo --netcard
Comment 5 Christian Boltz 2005-12-28 21:14:49 UTC
Created attachment 61804 [details]
/var/lib/YaST2/install.inf (password changed)
Comment 6 Martin Vidner 2006-01-02 10:19:06 UTC
I can see that the hwcfg file for ne2k-pci was written by create_interface before the reboot (comment 3).
It looks like a udev problem.
Comment 7 Kay Sievers 2006-01-02 12:06:24 UTC
Christian, any idea what's going wrong here?
Comment 8 Christian Zoz 2006-01-02 13:04:12 UTC
No.
Would be nice to have debug output from udev.
Comment 9 Christian Boltz 2006-01-02 21:10:02 UTC
What exactly do you need? (I don't know much about debugging udev...)

Again, the machine is not reachable for me at the moment - feel free to set this bug to needinfo if you need the udev debugging output.
Comment 10 Kay Sievers 2006-02-13 16:06:46 UTC
Sorry, I can't debug that.